11-20-2022, 10:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2022, 10:07 AM by WildArkieBoy.)
Yes, the support in Mexico for futbol(soccer) is extraordiary, but basketball interest in Mexico is tepid at best. Pushing for NBA expansion into Mexico City seems like a recipe for failure.
I've lived on the border(Brownsville) since 1966. Our local high schools, with Mexican Nationals enrolled, are always in the hunt for national championships in soccer whereas basketball is secondary at best.
Although travel logistics would probably never work, Manila is a basketball hotbed.
While the United States is number 1 is basketball interest in the world, the Philippines is number 2. Canada, by comparison, is number 4. Mexico is number 65.
Metro Manila has a population of 21,300,000.
I was in the Philippines as recently as 2018 and basketball courts are everywhere and being used for serious competition. At the Ayala Mall I bumped into a lifesize cardboard cutout of Stephan Curry. Unlike the United States, NBA game coverage is massive with games typically on several channels.
I've lived on the border(Brownsville) since 1966. Our local high schools, with Mexican Nationals enrolled, are always in the hunt for national championships in soccer whereas basketball is secondary at best.
Although travel logistics would probably never work, Manila is a basketball hotbed.
While the United States is number 1 is basketball interest in the world, the Philippines is number 2. Canada, by comparison, is number 4. Mexico is number 65.
Metro Manila has a population of 21,300,000.
I was in the Philippines as recently as 2018 and basketball courts are everywhere and being used for serious competition. At the Ayala Mall I bumped into a lifesize cardboard cutout of Stephan Curry. Unlike the United States, NBA game coverage is massive with games typically on several channels.